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District reports early gains after switching substitute staffing to EDUStaff; trustees seek more financial detail
Summary
EduStaff partnership raised substitute fill rates in April–May and boosted the pool of approved substitutes, but board members asked for a larger sample and a clearer cost/benefit analysis; district reported a markup on EDUStaff services and noted savings potential on long-term and super-sub placements.
District staff and EDUStaff representatives gave trustees an update on June 24 about the district’s new EDUStaff substitute staffing partnership, which went live in mid-April.
EDUStaff district manager Heather Smith and EDUStaff representative Dan Sadler presented initial data showing increased numbers of recruits and improved fill rates in April and May. Heather Smith said the program inherited 97 daily substitutes, 12 long-term substitutes and 10 super substitutes from the district’s prior roster and that 80 of those original substitutes had rolled over to EDUStaff’s platform. “So far since mid-April to now, we’ve had 18 new subs come on, which is exciting, and there are 8 more pending right now,” Smith said.
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